photo of the week #4
Posting a photo a week isn't as easy as I'd thought. It's a good thing I remember about this week's photo.
Another attempt at photographing my cello using the technique I call 'light painting'.
Labels: 18-55, cello, photo of the week
posted at 7:30 PM
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Wednesday, September 1, 2010
chillin' with celly
So there I was, looking at a bare wall in my house and thinkin', 'now Celly Belly (my cello, by the way) would look nice in front of that'. Out came the camera and I started shootin'. Didn't take many photos though.
In Photoshop, I dabbled with the Black and White adjustment layer thingy and found out that I liked the B&W versions much much more.
Earlier today I also took some photos of Celly Belly. Erm... Make that one.
f/5.6, 1/6s @ ISO1600, 250mm
I'm thinking of venturing into macro photography. Seems kinda interesting... Until then, see you and thanks for viewing!
Labels: 18-55, 55-250, black and white, cello
posted at 5:23 PM
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Saturday, March 27, 2010
celly belly
I've not been here for quite some time... But then, I haven't been using my camera these days. I will soon. I'm going to Kukop, a town west of Johor Bahru, on the 10th for a photography trip. Hopefully I'll bring back lots of nice pictures to share.
The subject of this post is Celly Belly, my very awesome cello. I love it to bits although I get my fingers sliced open every time I play it. Especially when I change positions on the A string. It's like sliding your fingers along a knife blade.
Being such a beautiful instrument, Celly Belly is very photogenic. I had a lot of fun a few months back, photographing it from various angles.
f/3.5, 20s @ ISO100, 21mm
Obviously, a tripod was used. I used Live View to get the composition I wanted, and adjusted the focus manually. Then I switched off the light and activated my phone's torchlight application. It gives off a red light, which complements Celly Belly's brown body. Haha. Then for 20 seconds, I swept the torch around Celly Belly, trying to illuminate every part of the instrument. It took a few tries. The trick is to keep moving and shine the same amount of light on every part, or some parts will look brighter than the other. As you can see from my photo, I didn't do a very good job, as some parts are thrown into the shadows. But the shape of the cello is visible (I hope!). I'd have taken more pictures if it weren't the middle of the night.
f/2.8, 1/8s @ ISO200
I took this photo with my phone, because I never use ISO200 on my camera if I can help it. Here you can see orange light shining on my cello. It is the light of the setting sun. I had to position myself so that the shadow of my phone wouldn't appear on the cello. You can still see my arm's shadow though. Haha.
That's all I have about Celly Belly! Before I sign off, I'd like to tell you people that I now have 11 photos on A.net!!!!!! I just got 2 photos accepted this morning! Check them out...
f/11, 1/4s @ ISO100, 18mm
I know, I shouldn't have used f/11, but I guess I did well here and managed to avoid camera shake!
f/11, 1/200s @ ISO100, 55mm
TBH, one of my least favourite shots. But I just submitted it for the hell of it!
Labels: 18-55, a.net, aviation, b737, bd700, cello, singapore airshow 2010, sony ericsson k800i
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